PAWTUCKET, R.I. – Michael R. Saisi, 82, of Hamlet Street, Pawtucket, R.I., died April 13, at the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket, R.I.

Born in Rumford, son of the late Natale and Cleofe (Corti) Saisi, he lived most of his life in Pawtucket, R.I.

He was the husband of Lydia (Vasconcellos) Saisi, and they had been married for 60 years. He was an Army veteran of World War II and was a textile worker for Dodgeville Finishing in Plainville, Mass., for many years. He also worked for Slater Dye in Pawtucket, R.I.

Besides his wife, he leaves one daughter, Linda Cabral of Houston, Texas; one brother, Robert Saisi of Rumford; three sisters, Olga Buccina, Marie Boudreau and Natalie Paterson, all of Rumford; and two grandsons, Christopher M. Cabral of Chicago, Ill. and Matthew P. Cabral of Houston, Texas.